Literacy

Latest update: 8th July, 2013
Added: New sections for antonyms, synonyms and grammar. New activities for vowel sounds and videos outlining the meaning of different terms. A variety of other activities supporting other areas of the curriculum have also been included at the bottom of the page.

Story Map Tool

Short vowel activities

Can't remember what the short vowel sounds are? Remind yourself with the catchy Short Vowel Song!

Long vowel activities

	Drag N Spell
Long vowel poems	Sandcastle Quiz

Long and short vowel sound activities	Alien Scavenger Hunt - Letter Bugs	Forest Phonics	Blending Dragon
Long Vowel Snap	Chute Shuffle	Write a postcard - identify the vowel sounds	Deep Sea Phonics

Watch Ne-Yo sing about how the letter "h" changes the sound of the blend when added to c, s or t.	Cluster Buster	Word Blender	Word Wheel 2
Alien Scavenger Hunt - Space Trash	Construct-a-Word

Dinosaur Eggs

Jim's Whirlyword Machine

Pounce

Seaside Circle game

Vocabulary activities

Making Bread vocabulary game

DJ Cow's Spelling Patterns	How Many Words?	Look Cover Write Check	Look Out Below
Magnetic Spelling	Pirate Spelling	Play Online - Word Find	Space Hangman
Spelling Ship	Word Builder

Making sentences

	Adverb Song -ly

Punctuation




Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms (words that have the same or similar meaning)
Watch "Humongous", a song to teach you about synonyms for big.
Antonyms (words that are the opposites of other words)
	Squanky the Tooth Fairy: Quest Quest for Opposites
Combination of Antonyms, Synonyms and Homonyms/Homophones
		Word Trail: Antonyms and Synonyms	Play on the word jumbler machine with Star and Hutch. Select the "Sounds the Same" button to sort homophones (words that sound the same but have different spelling).